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Better Berries to Fight Cancer
By Lindsay Wilson, Natural Solutions magazine
The next time you toss a handful of berries into your morning smoothie, reach for freeze-dried instead of fresh or frozen. Science now indicates that freeze-dried berries, specifically black raspberries, inhibit cancer development by restoring hundreds of cancer-altered genes to their normal state.
“There are certain genes that play a role in the development of cancer, and while most cancer treatments only target one gene at a time, the berries have a ‘genome-wide’ effect, meaning they target many cancer-causing genes at once,” says lead researcher Gary D. Stoner, professor of pathology, human nutrition, and medicine at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Berries are about 90 percent water and freeze-drying them removes the water while leaving the structure intact. This concentrates the cancer-preventive compounds—vitamins, minerals, phenols, and phytosterols—about 10 times, explains Stoner. He adds that fresh and frozen berries are probably protective as well, but we’d have to eat a lot more of them to get the same benefits. Also, keep in mind that some nutrients are lost when fruit is heated or cooked, so it’s best to eat your berries (freeze-dried or fresh) just as they are.
We like: Just Tomatoes Etc.’s variety of organic dried berries, including Organic Just Raspberries ($5.50, 1.5 oz tub; justtomatoes.com), or Wilderness Family Naturals freeze-dried organic raspberries in either whole or powdered form. ($22.45 to $18.50, 8 oz whole or powdered; wildernessfamilynaturals.com).
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Everything in moderation is good for you, especially the fresh fruits and veggies, but you must wash them well, no matter where they come from...best of health to you all!
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Interesting about the berries, my sister has lymphoma. Brain Cancer and she was told not to eat strawberry's & Berry's grown from low cane growing, grown from the ground up. They are full of toxins picked up from soil.I'm very interested in the healing side of berries so if you could give me more information on the berries you are talking about I would be very grateful.Her treatment at the moment is chemo, and then 10 wks of Radiation, Thanks Marcia Mowbray.. marciam01@bigpond.com
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sorry about the typo "berries".
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you can find freeze dried barriers in cereals like strawberry fields by kashie and others. You can also find them at places like Trader Joes & Whole Foods. I wonder if just dried is ok. You can also freeze dry them yourself.
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Hemp oil (pure THC)has long been known to cure cancer. Rick Simpson made a documentary about it...Run from the cure...
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I think the point of the article is about the concentration of nutrients and that you can add the ghastly freeze dried raspberry mash into a smoothy or some other palatable concoction.
And because the freeze dried berries are highly concentrated in their nutrient values, one does not need to add a lot, which helps with the cost.
I myself like berries way too much though, and would only consider switching over in months when they are not locally available, or if I'm treating a serious health issue.
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Take a look at this video about certified organic Berry Radical: http://goodskin.berryradical.com
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I remember my friend from Paris visiting me & wanting to go to a grocery story.... he picked up a container of yogurt from the shelf, looked at the ingredients & said "CHEMICALS"... that about says it all-
I TRY to buy all Organic.
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More reasons to eat black raspberries, yum! But I'll be eating mine fresh or frozen. I don't think I've ever even seen freeze-dried raspberries. Doesn't seem very tempting . . .
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